Statistics 2008

Cardex & IT Security 2008 overview

Number of visitors: 2194 trade visitors from 21 countries and 100 cities of Russia.

The latest trends in smart card and information protection industry and full business programme of the exhibition attracted a big number of visitors representing various fields of activities:

Results of visitors' research at Cardex & IT Security 2008

Sectors of business of visitors

— banking, finance — 35%
— IT companies — 20%
— telecommunication/mobile operating — 16.5%
— other — 9.8%
— card manufacturing — 9.5%
— state authority — 3%
— retail trade — 3%
— insurance — 1.2%
— social services — 1.2%
— hotels, restaurants — 0.8%

Goal of visiting CARDEX & IT SECURITY 2008

— to get information about the market — 69.08%
— to get information about new technologies and products — 62.25%
— to maintain the existing relationships and to establish new business contacts — 29.72%
— to find new suppliers and distributors — 17.27%
— to study business activities of competitors — 16.06%
— to purchase products / services — 9.64%
— other — 2.41%

Sources of information about the exhibition

— received a ticket from participants — 35.05%
— received information via e-mail — 20.65%
— saw an ad on the Internet — 18.62%
— recommendation in the office — 16.60%
— received a ticket from the organisers, ITE Company — 19.19%
— received a ticket in a magazine — 4.45%
— saw an ad in press — 4.45%

Evaluation of overall organisation of the exhibition by participants

— excellent — 4.35%
— good — 63.04%
— satisfactory — 32.61%

Evaluation of overall organisation of the exhibition by participants

— excellent — 10.87%
— good — 76.09%
— satisfactory — 13.04%

Plans on visiting CARDEX & IT SECURITY 2009

— yes — 64.37%
— may be — 35.22%
— no — 0.40%

Evaluation of qualitative composition of visitors and conformance of visitors' composition with the overall subject of the event

— excellent — 6.38%
— good — 68.09%
— satisfactory — 25.53%